stan ‧ dard ‧ ize BrE AmE ( also standardise British English ) /ˈstændədaɪz $ -ər-/ verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ standard , ↑ standardization ; adjective : stardard, ↑ substandard ; verb : ↑ standardize ]
to make all the things of one particular type the same as each other:
Attempts to standardize English spelling have never been successful.
standardized tests
—standardization /ˌstændədaɪˈzeɪʃ ə n $ -dərdə-/ noun [uncountable]